IP Library Granted Patent US 11,591,676
Granted Patent B2
US 11,591,676 · App. 16/956,247 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Steel sheet with excellent bake hardening properties and corrosion resistance and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Sang-Ho Han (Gwangyang-si, KR); Je-Woong Lee (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C22C38/04C22C38/18C23C2/06C23C2/28C23C2/40C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D9/46
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Patent No.
US 11,591,676
App. No.
16/956,247
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a steel sheet used as a material for an automotive exterior panel, etc., and a method for manufacturing the same. More particularly, provided is a cold-rolled steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which have excellent bake hardening properties, corrosion resistance, and anti-aging properties, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Claims (22)

1. A method of manufacturing a steel sheet, the method comprising:

reheating a slab comprising, by weight percentage (wt %), carbon (C): 0.005 to 0.08%, manganese (Mn): 1.25% or less (excluding 0%), phosphorus (P): 0.03% or less (excluding 0%), sulfur (S): 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), nitrogen (N): 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), soluble aluminum (sol.Al): 0.01 to 0.06%, chromium (Cr): 1.15 to 2.5%, antimony (Sb): 0.1% or less (excluding 0%), at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni): 0.3% or less (excluding 0%), silicon(Si): 0.3% or less (excluding 0%), molybdenum (Mo): 0.2% or less (excluding 0%), and boron (B): 0.003% or less (excluding 0%), and a remainder of iron (Fe) and other unavoidable impurities, and satisfying Relational Expression 1 below,

1.3≤Mn(wt %)+Cr(wt %)/1.5+Sb(wt %)≤2.7  Relational Expression 1:

where Mn, Cr, Sb refer to contents (wt %) of corresponding elements, respectively;

hot rolling the reheated slab at a temperature within a range of 850° C. to 1150° C. to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet;

cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet to a temperature within a range of 550° C. to 750° C. at an average cooling rate of 10° C./sec to 70° C./sec;

coiling the cooled hot-rolled steel sheet within a temperature range of 550° C. to 750° C. to obtain a coiled hot-rolled steel sheet;

cold rolling the coiled hot-rolled steel sheet to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet;

continuously annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet to a temperature within a range of Ac 1 +20° C. to Ac 3 −20° C. under a hydrogen concentration of 3 vol % to 30 vol %;

primarily cooling the continuously annealed cold-rolled steel sheet to a temperature of 630° C. to 670° C. at an average cooling rate of 2° C./sec to 10° C./sec;

secondarily cooling the primarily cooled cold-rolled steel sheet at an average cooling rate of 4° C./sec to 20° C./sec until the primarily cooled cold-rolled steel sheet is dipped into a hot-dip zinc-based plating bath maintained at a temperature of 440° C. to 480° C.;

dipping the secondarily cooled cold-rolled steel sheet into the hot-dip zinc-based plating bath maintained at a temperature of 440° C. to 480° C. to obtain a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet; and

finally cooling the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet to (Ms-100)° C. or less at an average cooling rate of 3° C./sec or more,

wherein the cold rolling is performed using a rolling mill having five or six stands, and an initial stand reduction ratio is set to 25% to 37%.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a reduction ratio during the cold rolling is 40% to 80%.

3. The method of claim 1 , before the finally cooling the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, further comprising:

performing an alloying heat treatment on the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet to obtain an alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the alloying heat treatment is performed to a temperature within a range of 500° C. to 540° C.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising: temper-rolling the alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

temper-rolling the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a reduction ratio during the temper-rolling is 0.3% to 1.6%.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061773/0658 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061476/0736 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2020
From: HAN, SANG-HO; LEE, JE-WOONG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 052991/0131 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0178939 · Dec 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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